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Russian Communist Revolution
This occured towards the end of World War 1. It was the transformation from a democracy to a communist government. Vladimir Lenin was now the leader of the Soviet Union. This relates to the war because this is the whole reason why we get involved in the first place. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty Of Versailles was the peace settlement after World War One. This treaty put very harsh blame and punishment on Germany. They had to pay for reparation which was very high, this caused inflation in Germany and the people were so desperate that Adolf Hitler was able to take control. -
League of Nations was created
The League of Nations came into being after the end of World War I. The League of Nation's task was simple - to ensure that war never broke out again. After the turmoil caused by the Versailles Treaty, many looked to the League to bring stability to the world. This was also part of Wilsons 14 points (his plan for peace). -
Chinese Communist Revolution
This was the rise of the Chinese Communist Party. Lasted from 1945-1949. It started because of nationalism. It relates to the cold war because the entire war was based around communism. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was the wartime meeting from February 4 to 11, 1945 between the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. The delegations were headed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. -
United Nations
The united Nations was created to replace the LEague of Nations. The United Nations is a place where countires can voice their oppinions. It can also be used to punish people or countires who commit crimes. This relates to the war becuase NATO and WARSAW countries were involved and it got intense. -
General Assembly
The General Assembly (GA) is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the UN. Decisions on important questions, such as those on peace and security, admission of new members and budgetary matters, require a two-thirds majority. Decisions on other questions are by simple majority. Each country has one vote. -
The Iron Curtain Speech
This was when Winston Churchill had a speech talking about the soviet union and it's alies. This was one of the things that sparked the cold war. He got many American people on his side from this speech. This relates to the cold war because it was one of the first public disucssions about the war. -
Baruch Plan
A proposal by the U.S. government written largely by Bernard Baruch to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. The United States, United Kingdom, and Canada called for an international organization to regulate atomic energy. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was the name given to a policy announced by US President Harry Truman on March 12th, 1947. The Truman Doctrine was a very simple warning clearly made to the USSR though the country was not mentioned by name that the USA would intervene to support any nation that was being threatened by a takeover by an armed minority. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, channeled over $13 billion to finance the economic recovery of Europe between 1948 and 1951. The Marshall Plan successfully sparked economic recovery, meeting its objective of ‘restoring the confidence of the European people in the economic future of their own countries and of Europe as a whole. The plan is named for Secretary of State George C. Marshall, who announced it in a commencement speech at Harvard University on June 5, 194 -
Berlin Airlift
The Soviet Union continued to hold West Berlin. The Soviet Union cut off highway, water, and rail traffic into Berlins western zones. The US and British flew food and supplies into West Berlin for nearly 11 months. This lasted until May, when the Soviets admitted defeat. -
Nato Created
The NATO was a treaty that stated all of America's allies during the Cold War. It was created so that there were multiple countirs trying to stop the Soviet Union. It consists of 28 nations. This relates to the Cold War because these were all of the countries that wanted to take down the Soviet Union. -
Joseph McCarthy Speech
Joesph McCarthy was a republican who made a statement that he had a list of all known communists in the U.S. and that there was over 200 people on the list. This caused mssive hysteria through out the United States. Over time he changed the number around to, 57, 81, and even 10. The list was never said to have been true because there was no concrete evidence to back it up. -
Korean War
At the end of WWII korea split in two, North Korea and South Korea.Bothe North and South Korea have cold and mountainous weather and terrain so many soldiers died before battle. More than 3 million people dide in this war. The Korean War officially marks the begining of the Cold War. The Korean war ended on July 27, 1953. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was the Soviet Union’s response to West Germany joining NATO and came into being in May 1955. The Warsaw Pact, named after the meeting to create it was held in Warsaw, was based throughout the Soviet Block and troops in it were used in the ending of the 1968 Czech Republic. -
Sputnik Launched
This was the first satelite ever sent into space. At this point the Soviet Union was well ahead of the US in the space race. Sputnik was going to be the thing that sparked the space race the most. This relates to the Cold War beacuse it shows the competition during the space race. -
M.A.D. (Mutual Assured Destruction)
If two nations both resort to nuclear deterrence, it could lead to mutual destruction. Both U.S. and U.S.S.R. had the nuclear power to destroy the world so it made it so neither country would strike first. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
On January 1, 1959, a young Cuban nationalist named Fidel Castro drove his guerilla army into Havana and overthrew General Fulgencio Batista , the nation’s American-backed president. For the next two years, officials at the U.S. State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) attempted to push Castro from power. Finally, in April 1961, the CIA launched what its leaders believed would be the definitive strike: a full-scale invasion of Cuba by 1,400 American-trained Cubans who had fled -
Fidel Castro proclaims communist Cuba
This was when Castro said that the Cuban government was converting to communism. This later proved to be even worse thaan predicted becasue the soviets would later place missles in Cuba. Cuba also threated us multiple other times. This relates to the war because the Cuban Missle Crisis occured there. -
Building of the Berlin Wall Begins
The Berlin Wall was both the physical division between West Berlin and East Germany from 1961 to 1989 and the symbolic boundary between democracy and Communism during the Cold War. The Berlin Wall was erected in the dead of night and for 28 years kept East Germans from fleeing to the West. Its destruction, which was nearly as fast as its creation, was celebrated around the world. -
Fact about The Berlin Wall
171 people were killed or died attempting to escape at the Berlin Wall between August 13, 1961 and November 9, 1989. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
This was when Khrushchev placed nuclear missles in Cuba. They were all pointed towards the U.S. We finally were able to convinnce them to take them down but to move our missles in Turkey. This realates to the cold war becausehis was the closest we were to going to war. -
U.S. sends troops to vietnam
In response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 2 and 4, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, decided to escalate the Vietnam Conflict by sending U.S. ground troops to Vietnam. On March 8, 1965, 3,500 U.S. Marines landed near Da Nang in South Vietnam; they are the first U.S. troops arrive in Vietnam. -
Non-Proliferation Agreement
An international treaty whose objective was to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology. Five nations were considered nuclear weapon states including the United States, Soviet Union, United kingdom, France, and China. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the American space flight that put people on the moon. The shuttle sent 3 men. This is how America won the space race. This relates to the Cold War because it shows the competition between the soviets and America. -
S.A.L.T. I (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
The U.S. and U.S.S.R. negotiated to place limits and restraints on some of their central and most important armaments. -
Nuclear Deterrent
The military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as the country can be destroyed as a consequence. This was the case between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War. -
Kent State shootings
This was when members of the national guard used sniper rifles to kill protestors. They managed to kill 4 people and injure 9. They were killed beacuse they were protesting something about the war and the guard saw it as a threat. This realates to the war because they were protesting about the war. -
Deng Xiaping
Helped China become a more modern country. Allowed farmers to make a profit, also allowed free enterprise, and for the U.S. and other countries to have more trade with China. He declared war with Vietnam in early 1979. -
Fall of Saigon
This was when the captial of south Vietnam was overtook by North Vietnam. This was the end of The Vietnam War. North Vietnam ended up taking over all of Soth Vietnam. This was relared to the war becuase of the domino effcet, if one falls to commuism many would follow. -
Pope John Paul II
Critisized much of the communist world and helped eliminate it. -
S.A.L.T. II (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
Increased limits on intercontinental ballistic missles, submarine-launched ballistic missles, and heavy bombers. -
Margaret Thatcher "Iron Lady"
Partnered with Regan and thought a massive arms build-up and strengthening N.A.T.O. was the way to defeat the Soviet Union. Both of these factors forced the Soviet Union to either keep up or cave in. -
Soviets Invade Afghanistan
Lasted from December 24, 1979 to February 15, 1989. The soviets set up a communist government in Afghanistan. Many citizensa were angered including one, Afozullah Armin, who killed the communist leader of Afghianstan. Gorbachev, the new soviet leader, wanted peace so he ended the war, removed soviets from that country, and made a peace treaty. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
As Communism began to falter in Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia in 1988 and 1989, new exodus points were opened to East Germans who wanted to flee to the West. Then suddenly, on the evening of November 9, 1989, an announcement made by East German government official Günter Schabowski stated, "Permanent relocations can be done through all border checkpoints between the GDR (East Germany) into the FRG (West Germany) or West Berlin." After the Berlin Wall came down, East and West Germany reunif -
Lech Walesa
Former Polish shipyard worker. He played an important role in ending communism in Poland. Played role in first Free Trade Union "Solidarity" in 1980 which led the anti-communist movement of Poland in the 1980's. He was also elected the first president of Poland after communism was ended. Also won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983. -
S.T.A.R.T. I (Strategic Arms Reduction Talks)
Began negotiations in 1982. U.S. and U.S.S.R. placed reductions of U.S. nuclear capacity by rougly 15% and U.S.S.R. capacity by 25% within 7 years. -
S.T.A.R.T. II (Strategic Arms Reduction Talks)
Further reduced strategic delivery vehicles and warheads attatched to them.
